Necktie frame or fastener.



A. OMALLEY.

NEGKTIE FRAME 0R FASTENER.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 18, 1912.

Patented Jan.6',1914. I

El J Z @fflalley. -40) flu allar'neys UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ALFRED OMALLEY, 0F LIVER-POOL, ENGLAND' I NECKTIE FRAME on FASTENER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALFRED OMALLEY, a subject of the King of Great Britain, residing in Liverpool, n the county of Lancaster, in the Kingdom of England, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Necktie Frames or Fasteners, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to necktie frames or fasteners of the type which is used to provide a support upon which a necktie can be knotted or tied, so that the frame with the attached tie can be readily aifixed to the collar stud, thus avoiding the trouble of making up and undoing the tie on each occasion when using the same, and also avoiding having to pass the tie around the collar, which in the case of collars turned down all around, is troublesome.

Hitherto sheet metal necktie frames or fasteners have been devoid of the springiness or pliability which is obtained in wire frames, and in consequence they could not grip on to the shank of the stud with the same security as a frame made of wire.

My invention has for its object a necktie frame made from sheet metal in whichthe aforesaid defects are avoided. The frame comprises a pair of crossbars which at each end merge into a large loop or apertured portion. The lower bar is severed at midlength to form jaws to clasp on to the shank of the collar stud, while the upper crossbar being springy allows the jaws to spread apart a little from each other in the plane of the central portion of the lower bar to permit of the stud shank being inserted. Lateral movement of the jaws, i. e. a movement out of the said plane is however absolutely prevented by a clip or clasp which holds the two jaws in alinement with each other. By these means the necessary pliability or springiness is obtained at the place where it is required, and the use of wire or other additional attachments for the purpose of gripping the stud is obviated.

In the-accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a front view ofthe frame or fastener; Fig. 2, a vertical section thereof at midlength;.- Fig. 3, a plan view; Fig. 4, a view on a smaller scale of the necktie with its frame or fastener in position.

I 'stamp the device out of a piece of metal so as to form a frame with a vertical loop or apertured portion B at each end. A

downwardly curved crossv member C joins the two loops B together, and this member C and the other lower cross member D are curved to the contour of the front of the collar, this curve being approximatelyshown in plan'view in Fig. 3. The lower crossbar C is divided or severed at mid-length at E so that its ends abut or nearly abut, and form a grip to hold on to the collar stud. The cut is chamfered or beveled at the bottom F to admit of the stud being forced into the cut E, which at one place has an enlargement G big enough to allow of entry of the stud shank. The parts of the member D ateach side of the out which form grips, are preferably deeper than at the other parts Patented J an. 6, 1914. Application filed May 18, 1912. Serial No. 698,200. 7

of its length, and at the top the grips are coupled together by a clasp H to prevent lateral movement of the grips out of the plane of the central part of the member D.

For this purpose a slot I is made in the upper part of the grips crossing the vertical cut E for the stud shank, and the clasp is attached by inserting one of its bent ends through the slot I, and the other bent end over the top of the grips, and then bending the two ends against the back of the grips. The part of the clasp entering the slot 1' is a little narrower than the slot. This clip or clasp H keeps the jaws in alinement with each other, while allowing sufficient freedom for the jaws to slide or spring apart when the jaws are forced on to the stud shank.

The crossbar C is of springy nature, and is downwardly curved from each end to its center, which shape facilitates its acting as a spring as it is thus allowed to bend sufficiently to allow the two jaws to be forced apart to receive and grip the shank of the stud when pressed on to it, while allowing theirln to become disengaged by an upward pu I One end of the tie is passed through one side loop B, and the other end through the other side loop. The tie is then drawn forward and tied into a bow or knot in the usual way. When so tied the frame forms a foundation for the tie, and is secured in position by pressing the grips downward on to the shank of the stud, the springy nature of the downwardly curved cross member C and the grips permitting of this, and the shank comes torest in the enlarged part G which is located part way along the vertical cut E. There is no danger of the grips springing laterally out of their plane because the clasp so I v notpressed"laterally overlhe hgad on to the shank, but downwardly on to tlie"'shankr H prevents this, and because the device is frame can be made rather wider at midlength than at the ends, to allow of a thicker or larger tie being passed through.

I claim as my invention 1. A necktie frame or fastener comprising an upper cross member of a springy nature,

a lower cross member severed at mid-length to form jaws adapted to recelve and gr1p the shank of a collar stud, loops at the ends of the frame into which the said upper and lower cross members merge, all said members being stamped out of sheet metal, and a clip for keeping the said jaws in alinement with each other while permitting them to separate to receive the shank of the collar stud. Y 7 2. A necktieframe or fastener comprising an upper cross member of a springy' nature,

a lower cross member severed at mid-length edge of said jaws for the purpose of keeping them in alinement while permitting them to separate to receive the shank of the collar stud.

In witness whereof, I have hereunto signed my name this 7 day of May 1912, in the presence of two subscribing witnesses. ALFRED OMALLEY. Witnesses:

G. C. DYMoNn, T. S. SHILLINGTON. 

